dialogue prompts from bear by julia phillips.
i've lived long enough to know who can be counted on and who can't.
we're going to have to save each other.
we'll have to move, if we want a life worth living.
i've spent a long time waiting for my life to change.
you'll never guess what we saw today.
you get worked up over the weirdest stuff.
a little stargazing sounds like fun.
i do feel lucky, sometimes.
you're exactly the same as you've always been.
stay away from my family's pain.
i thought you might have gone out there.
it's easier to be brave together.
i don't know why i bothered telling anybody.
you could. you just don't want to.
i didn't think it was real when i first saw it.
you don't sound scared at all.
you have a way of making even mistakes look gorgeous.
i would have followed you anywhere.
you were who i wanted to grow up to be.
i wanted a grownup to step in, so i could step back and be a child again.
i don't want to be in pain.
does it help you to hear that i'm used to it?
sorry, but i have to tell you something.
we'll get through this. we always do.
there are always chances for hope.
you look like someone who has everything.
are you the oldest child, or are you just arrogant?
shock can do strange things to our perception.
what is calling ____ going to do for us?
you were being kind of rude.
i don't appreciate your keeping secrets from me.
when was the last time you felt really alive?
there's nothing to say. it's just the way it is.
i didn't know it got to you like that.
i want things to be better than this.
____ is my one good thing.
you played your part well. i have to give you that.
you're brave. i would have freaked out.
you're the most levelheaded person i've ever met.
you hit me. you can't do that.
i want to understand. i've been trying to understand.
i need you to listen to me. right now you aren't listening at all.
i know you think i don't understand, but i do.
all i want is for you to be happy.
i know you love me. do you trust me?
we have each other. we'll make it through this.
i miss having you here. i got used to it.
do you know how proud i am of you?
you don't argue with the timing of gifts. you open your arms and welcome them.
you know how to listen, even to what isn't said.
do you think you'll raise your kids here?
we've wasted enough time together.
we can't make people do what they don't want to do.
we've been underwater for years.
we're not going anywhere.
how are you doing? i've been thinking of you.
i know how destabilizing loss can be.
you're overwhelmed. that makes people act without thinking.
it's time to focus on your family.
you're so close to seeing the truth.
for a single minute, can you leave me alone?
i'm pretty shitty, if you're asking.
____ was so young. it isn't fair.
you're acting like someone i don't recognize.
real love is the ability to hear what isn't said.
i can't imagine ever being with anyone else.
you did worse than ask. you expected.
we're not children anymore, making up stories about our grownup selves.
you're never going to find anyone who is more dedicated to you than i am.
there's something here that's nowhere else.
i was bored, so i thought i'd come visit.
when was the last time you slept?
we have a good time together, don't we?
there's more to the world than this.
you'd benefit with some distance from home.
stop hanging around messing with my life. go make your own.
no outsider could ever help us.
have you ever held a gun before?
i don't want to hurt anyone.
nothing matches an older sibling's constancy.
i imagine everything as better than it actually was.
you're not alone. you've never been alone.
